North Pole-Columbia

Past Producer in Baker county in Oregon, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Production statistics
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10152413
MRDS ID M014095
MAS/MILS ID 0410010095
Record type Site
Current site name North Pole-Columbia
Alternate or previous names Golconda, Appomattox, Eureka, Excelsior, E and E, Taber, Williams, Wide West, More Or Less
Related records 10032531

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -118.19435, 44.84205 (WGS84)
Elevation 2146
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Baker(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bourne(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bates(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Canyon City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Powder(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Powder(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Wallowa-Whitman National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Baker

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 008 S 037 E 28 C SWNW Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Primary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Arsenopyrite Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Stibnite Unknown
Tetrahedrite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -118.19435, 44.84205

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N30E
    Dip 82S
    Thickness 366M
    Length 8047M
    Width 48.7M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. INTENSE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 SILICIFICATION
    Strike And Dip N30E:82S
    Date of Last Modification 821117

Comments on the geologic information

  • ROCK NAME IS ARGILLITE. MINERALIZATION EMPLACED ALONG A MAJOR FAULT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1887
Year of first production 1895

Mining district

District name Cracker Creek District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Omega Mines Ltd.
    Home office 308-540 Burrad St. Vancouver, B. C.
    Year 1974

Production statistics

  • Year 1922
    Period 1895-1922
    Description 240831 Ounces Gold, 288378 Ounces Silver, 134 Pounds Lead, 36 Pounds Zinc
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 7490682.43g
    Trace Silver Silver 8969559.64g
    Trace Lead Lead 60.78mt
    Trace Zinc Zinc 0mt

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION BETWEEN 1895-1922 AMOUNTED TO MORE THAN $9000000.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 380, 1908, PART 1.

  • Deposit

    OR. DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. INDUST. BULLETIN 14-A, 1939, P. 38-

  • Deposit

    41.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES RI 3569, 1941, P. 30-35.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VARIOUS CLAIMS ALONG LODE, A DISTANCE OF APPROX 13,000 FEET. ALSO LOCATED IN SEC 29.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 08-JUN-92 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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